Police said that the man was found at about 4 p.m. on a pedestrian bridge connecting West Westmoreland Street, over an abandoned rail line between 3rd and 4th Streets.

Police rushed the victim, who had suffered gunshot wounds to the head and chest, to Temple University Hospital.

A group of children watched the investigation from the edge of the crime scene.

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